November 4, 2020
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XC runner Aaron Gottlied has qualified for the D-1 Large School State Meet which will be held on November 5th in Hendersonville at Sanders Ferry Park.
On October 27th the TSSAA D-1 Region 3 Large School raced in Chattanooga at Woodland Baptist Church. It was at this race where Aaron qualified for the State Championship meet.
He placed 9th out of 111 runners earning him a spot to the State Championship. Gottlied finished the mile course with a time of 17:45. This was a personal record for the sophomore and his second year in a row to make it to State.
He was followed by Varsity teammates: Ian Colwell 19:24, Cooper Brown 19:29, Luke Jenkins 19:58, Andrew Tramel 20:02, Jacob Hendirx 20:02, and Kaleb Spears 23:19. JV finishers included Evan Carmichael 24:09, Xavier Parker 26:11 and Ceasar Gaspar 26:21.
In the girls regional race, Kaylee Mullican finished with a time of 27:59 and Mackenzie Sprague with a time of 31:23. Missing from the girls Varsity race were freshman Ella VanVranken, Cadee Griffith and Maleah Ruch.